CERTs in the News

As concerns regarding climate change encourage the use of alternative energy sources, policymakers, businesses and nonprofits will look to industry leaders for ways to become more energy-efficient.
The University of Minnesota hopes to be considered one of those leaders with its new Energy...

Planning on a new TV or laptop for Christmas? Maybe a tablet or a BluRay player? Need new, energy-efficient Christmas lights? Then you’ll be wanting — needing, in fact — to get rid of the old ones.
Through the end of the year, Recycling Association of Minnesota, along with Clean Energy...

The owners of Los Hornos del Rey bakery in Minneapolis are studying bids for new lighting and occupancy sensors that will cost less than $100 after the rebates and produce $143 in annual energy savings.
The 1,000-square-foot bakery, at 1703 E. Lake St., is co-owned by Cecilia Pelaez and her...

At a recent solar conference in suburban Minneapolis, a jam-packed ballroom of more than 100 people gathered for standing room-only presentations on community solar gardens.
Perhaps no other renewable energy opportunity has gathered so much excitement so quickly, in part because no other state...

Esri, the world leader in mapping technology, today announced the winners of the Esri Climate Resilience App Challenge 2014. The announcement was made during the Opening Session of the 2014 Esri User Conference in San Diego. Developers were tasked to create mobile apps that enabled communities to...

It’s time to consider solar power again.
Better technology and lower prices are making solar power in 2014 achievable and more affordable than in the past.
Two types of solar power are available – thermal collectors heat air and water; photovoltaic (photo – light and voltaic – electrical...

Minnesotans are squinting up at the sun and leaning into the wind in efforts to link their pocketbooks and the natural environment to benefit both from clean energy development and economic development.
We now get about 15 percent of our total electricity generated by windmills on wind farms,...

Edina loves its Hornets. We’ll soon see how it feels about bees.
In the interest of becoming a greener city, Edina is considering lifting its ban on keeping bees and chickens in city neighborhoods. In doing so, the city would join more than a dozen other Hennepin County cities that allow...